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+Podcast | April 13, 2012

The Healthland Podcast, Special Edition: Sleep

By Valerie Lapinski

This week we bring you a special edition podcast about sleep — but we promise it’s a wide-awake listen! TIME senior editor Jeffrey Kluger explains why your brain may be at its most creative while you sleep, and TIME senior writer John Cloud shares surprising research on war veterans’ nightmares. Click the play button below to listen, or go to iTunes to listen and subscribe for free.

+Mental Illness | January 13, 2011

Psychiatric Mystery: Diagnosing Jared Loughner

By John Cloud
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It seems clear that Jared Loughner was developing a mental illness in the two years or so before the Tucson killings, but which one?

+Sleep | April 22, 2010

Can dreams be a study tool?

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

Dreaming about tomorrow’s big presentation, or how you’ll tackle certain questions on an exam later this week may seem like a sign that your anxiety over the pending challenge has seeped its way into your subconscious—yet, according to new research published in the journal Cell Biology dreaming about something you’ve learned may actually be an [...]